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Deaths
Due to the difficulty in corroborating reports of torture deaths in China, estimates of the number of Falun Gong practitioners who have been killed as a result of the persecution vary widely. In 2009,
The New York Timesreported that, according to
human rights groups, the repressions had claimed "at least 2,000" lives.
[15] Amnesty International said at least 100 Falun Gong practitioners had reportedly died in the 2008 calendar year, either in custody or shortly after their release.
[188] Investigative journalist
Ethan Gutmann estimated 65,000 Falun Gong were killed for their organs from 2000 to 2008 based on extensive interviews,
[164][189] while researchers
David Kilgour and
David Matas reported, "the source of 41,500 transplants for the six-year period 2000 to 2005 is unexplained".
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Chinese authorities do not publish statistics on Falun Gong practitioners killed amidst the crackdown. In individual cases, however, authorities have denied that deaths in custody were due to torture.
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